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<blockquote data-quote="LazarusLong42" data-source="post: 1407716" data-attributes="member: 9620">Sure... I think I messed up the figures before.The &quot;levels&quot; of NPC and PC gold are entirely balanced--kudos to Upper_Krust for that one.&nbsp; Eight &quot;levels&quot; of NPC gold--i.e. 1 CR--are worth the same as five &quot;levels&quot; of PC gold--1 CR--to a very close approximation, at least.What I'm proposing is that CR be based on equipment, rather than equipment available being based on CR.&nbsp; In other words, I'd like to be able to purchase 3.7 CR of equipment for a PC.&nbsp; The formula to extrapolate would be:CR = (cube root of gear value)/(23.207944)orCR = cube root of (gear value/12500)Let's take a base NPC War1.&nbsp; Strip him of his gold--he is now CR 2/3 - 0.125 = 0.54166If you give him, say, 127 gp of equipment (chain shirt, a longsword, and a heavy wood shield), that's not really spending 2 &quot;levels&quot; worth of gp (200), but it's way more than one &quot;level&quot; (25).&nbsp; We can extrapolate by saying that equipment is worth:(127/12500)^(1/3) == 0.21659 CRAnd that this NPC is therefore worth:2/3 - 0.125 + 0.21659 = 0.75826 CR == 0.57495 pts.If we're willing to do the math for it, can we use such an interpolation?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LazarusLong42, post: 1407716, member: 9620"] Sure... I think I messed up the figures before. The "levels" of NPC and PC gold are entirely balanced--kudos to Upper_Krust for that one. Eight "levels" of NPC gold--i.e. 1 CR--are worth the same as five "levels" of PC gold--1 CR--to a very close approximation, at least. What I'm proposing is that CR be based on equipment, rather than equipment available being based on CR. In other words, I'd like to be able to purchase 3.7 CR of equipment for a PC. The formula to extrapolate would be: CR = (cube root of gear value)/(23.207944) or CR = cube root of (gear value/12500) Let's take a base NPC War1. Strip him of his gold--he is now CR 2/3 - 0.125 = 0.54166 If you give him, say, 127 gp of equipment (chain shirt, a longsword, and a heavy wood shield), that's not really spending 2 "levels" worth of gp (200), but it's way more than one "level" (25). We can extrapolate by saying that equipment is worth: (127/12500)^(1/3) == 0.21659 CR And that this NPC is therefore worth: 2/3 - 0.125 + 0.21659 = 0.75826 CR == 0.57495 pts. If we're willing to do the math for it, can we use such an interpolation? [/QUOTE]

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